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... meaning ' Mary saw Mike's mother ' . ( 33 ) mati wu'kat - i ma- ? is - is misat - s Mary see - INDIC mother - 3 POSS - OBV Mike - OBV ' Mary saw Mike's mother . ' ( 34 ) ma- ? is mother - 3POSS misat Mike wu'kat - aps - is - ni mati - s ...
... meaning ' Mary saw Mike's mother ' . ( 33 ) mati wu'kat - i ma- ? is - is misat - s Mary see - INDIC mother - 3 POSS - OBV Mike - OBV ' Mary saw Mike's mother . ' ( 34 ) ma- ? is mother - 3POSS misat Mike wu'kat - aps - is - ni mati - s ...
Page 175
... meaning . And Kutenai and Algonquian have preverbs that correspond to main verbs that take verbal complements in English , as in the Kutenai exam- ples in ( 53 ) to ( 55 ) . ( 53 ) ¢ xakit ' to begin doing something and to continue ...
... meaning . And Kutenai and Algonquian have preverbs that correspond to main verbs that take verbal complements in English , as in the Kutenai exam- ples in ( 53 ) to ( 55 ) . ( 53 ) ¢ xakit ' to begin doing something and to continue ...
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... meaning conveyed by obviation is relatively undefined . Thus , Wolfart ( 1996 ) says , " While the choice of focus [ proxi- mate ] clearly depends on the preceding sentences and on the structure of the discourse as a whole , the ...
... meaning conveyed by obviation is relatively undefined . Thus , Wolfart ( 1996 ) says , " While the choice of focus [ proxi- mate ] clearly depends on the preceding sentences and on the structure of the discourse as a whole , the ...
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Julie Brittain Carrie Dyck Yvan Rose Marguerite MacKenzie | 29 |
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